|
 
Water pacts 'could bring Mideast peace'Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 21, 2011 Water scarcity in the Middle East can be the catalyst for reducing, rather than causing, conflict in the volatile region, a Beirut think tank says in a report that urges a major "paradigm shift" in how regional states view the problem of dwindling water resources. The report entitled "The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water," issued by the Carnegie Middle East Center, suggests that a radical "paradigm shift" is needed to change how these states view the political and environmental issues a ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
Ancient wallaby ancestor reveals evolutionary leap for kangaroos | .. |
  Researchers Discover Giant Crayfish Species Right Under Their Noses Two aquatic biologists have proven that you don't have to travel to exotic locales to search for unusual new species. They discovered a distinctive species of crayfish in Tennessee and Alabama that ... more | .. |
  EU disarray makes it easy for carbon credits hackers Europe boasts that its control of polluting rights makes it a leading light in moves to save the planet, but patchwork national systems for trading carbon credits have simply left hackers licking their lips. ... more | .. |
  Rising food prices spell trouble for Arabs Rising food prices, which triggered the downfall of the Tunisian regime and rioting in Algeria, threaten further trouble across the Middle East and North Africa, a region heavily dependent on food imports. ... more | .. |
  German NGO denies corruption allegations The head of AGEF, a German aid group active in Afghanistan and Iraq, strongly denied corruption allegations against his group, calling them a "smear campaign." ... more |
| .. |
  Africa's violent polls threaten stability Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, faces a potentially divisive presidential election in April that could have immense ramifications across a continent where the notion of democracy is often little more than a thin veneer to mask brutal dictatorships. ... more | .. |
  Fossil of mom with egg reveals Pterosaur's female form Her life came to a crashing end, but the fossil left by a flying reptile nicknamed Mrs T has shed light on what female pterosaurs looked like when they soared above Earth millions of years ago. ... more | .. |
 Putting The Dead To Work For Conservation Biology Conservation paleobiologists-scientists who use the fossil record to understand the evolutionary and ecological responses of present-day species to changes in their environment - are putting the dea ... more | .. |
 Toward Controlling Fungus That Caused Irish Potato Famine Scientists are reporting a key advance toward development of a way to combat the terrible plant diseases that caused the Irish potato famine and still inflict billions of dollars of damage to crops ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 Solar energy quotes and Solar energy solutions | .. |
  VIMS Team Glides Into Polar Research Researcher Walker Smith of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, has been conducting shipboard studies of biological productivity in Antarctica's Ross Sea for the la ... more | .. |
 Tunisian army emerges strong from people's revolt Tunisia's army has emerged from the month of unrest that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali with its reputation burnished and the population full of praise after it refused to open fire on protesters. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan eyes landslide to secede Organisers of south Sudan's landmark independence vote were collating the remaining preliminary results on Thursday, poised to return a landslide for secession after reaching the simple majority required on just 60 percent of the ballot. ... more | .. |
 2010 warmest ever year, says UN weather agency The UN's World Meteorological Organisation said Thursday that 2010 was the warmest year on record, confirming a "significant" long-term trend of global warming and producing exceptional weather variations. ... more |
| .. |
  Hu faces rough welcome in US Congress Chinese President Hu Jintao, challenged and feted at the White House Wednesday, faces a rougher welcome a day later from top US lawmakers who shunned his state dinner and branded him a "dictator." ... more | .. |
  Pirates hoist ransoms for hijacked ships Even piracy suffers from inflation. Somali pirates are reported to have hiked ransom demands for hijacked ships by as much as 60 percent in recent months. ... more | .. |
 Are Sharks Color Blind Sharks are unable to distinguish colors, even though their close relatives rays and chimaeras have some color vision, according to new research by Dr. Nathan Scott Hart and colleagues from the Unive ... more | .. |
 Two New Species Of Leaping Beetles Discovered In New Caledonia Only five species of these so-called 'flea' beetles, out of a global total of 60, had been found to date in New Caledonia, in the western Pacific. A three-year study has now enabled Spanish re ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
|
| .. |
 US plucks tiny daisy from brink of extinction The tiny Maguire daisy, which grows in the desert southwest of the United States, has been plucked from the edge of extinction after a 25-year conservation effort, US officials have announced. ... more | .. |
 Ouattara: West Africa ready to intervene in I.Coast West African armies are making preparations to invade Ivory Coast to overthrow strongman Laurent Gbagbo, his rival Alassane Ouattara claimed Wednesday in an interview with French daily La Croix. ... more | .. |
  Big City Life May Alter Green Attitudes People with good jobs found in large cities are more likely to engage in pro-environmental activities. So says a new study of China's environmental behavior published in the British journal Environm ... more | .. |
 Germany moves to head off more dioxin food scares The German cabinet approved a package of measures on Wednesday aimed at preventing a repeat of this month's damaging scare over dioxin poisoning in farm produce. ... more |
| .. |
 Climate change study had 'significant error': experts A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Airports must plan for snow storms: EU The European Commission warned airports on Wednesday of looming regulation to prevent a repeat of the Christmas travel chaos and demanded to see battle plans for next winter. ... more | .. |
  Residents moved from risk areas in Brazil disaster zone Brazilian officials began Wednesday moving thousands of people out of at-risk areas near Rio in a flooding disaster that has already left at least 727 people dead. ... more | .. |
  Oil Giant Plans New Platform Near Feeding Ground Of Critically Endangered Whale Sakhalin Energy Investment Company - part owned by Shell - has announced plans to build a major oil platform near crucial feeding habitat of the Western North Pacific gray whale population. On ... more |
| Previous Issues | Jan 21 | Jan 19 | Jan 18 | Jan 17 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
